These Four Treasures are the same materials employed by traditional Chinese painters. Some critics have pointed to this as a way of explaining why calligraphy has a higher status in China than ...

Wang Xijing is a contemporary Chinese artist known for his focus on traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy. Born in Xi’an, China in 1946, he trained himself to draw and paint through copying ...

Ma, the Met curator, was introduced to the artist in 2010, but she had admired her calligraphy since childhood. “I grew up in Taipei, and I remember that we had a catalog of hers,” Ma recalled. “At ...

A participant writes Chinese calligraphy at the fifth International Chinese Calligraphy Grand Exhibition in Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei, Nov. 8, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) The fifth ...

TAIPEI -- Calligraphy and seal-carving art works by 200 prominent artists from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan are being ...